Explore the curated resources below to deepen your understanding of nature-based climate solutions and their role in addressing the climate and biodiversity crises. You’ll find reports, peer-reviewed journal articles, practical guides and databases that translate science and knowledge into action. We’ve also included case studies that highlight real-world projects, lessons learned, and measurable impacts on carbon storage and ecosystem resilience. Whether you’re new to the topic of advancing technical work in carbon measurement and implementation, these materials are designed to inform, inspire and support evidence-based decision making.
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Measuring Carbon in Coastal Sediments: Video In these videos and corresponding guide, WWF-Canada and Hakai Institute demonstrate methods for measuring...
Measuring Carbon in Non-peat Soils: Video In this video and its corresponding guide, WWF-Canada demonstrates how to take soil samples...
Measuring Carbon in Non-peat Soils: Guide In this guide and its corresponding video, WWF-Canada demonstrates how to take soil samples...
Measuring Carbon in Peat Soils: Guide In this guide and its corresponding video, WWF-Canada demonstrates how to take peat cores...
Measuring Carbon in Peat Soils: Video In this video and its corresponding guide, WWF-Canada demonstrates how to take peat cores...
Measuring Carbon in Vegetation: Video In this video and its corresponding guide, WWF-Canada introduce’s a set of standardized field methods...
Measuring Carbon in Vegetation: Guide In this guide and its corresponding video, WWF-Canada introduce’s a set of standardized field methods...
Quantifying Coastal Blue Carbon This report provides a summary of published blue carbon methods applied in Canadian ecosystems. The report...
Coastal Blue Carbon Manual The International Blue Carbon Initiative’s team of 34 experts in the fields of coastal carbon measurement,...
UNFCCC: A/R Methodological Tool Calculation of the number of sample plots for measurements within A/R CDM project activities. This UNFCCC...
Verra: Methods for Stratification of the Project Area This module from Verra provides guidance on stratifying the project area into...
Blue Carbon Sampling Tools: Sample Allocation Calculator WWF-Canada’s Sample Allocation Calculator is an Excel spreadsheet that helps determine the number...
Blue Carbon Sampling Tools Collection of sampling tools to support sampling design of your blue carbon project. These were built...
Carbon Measurement: Sampling Design Video This video tutorial by WWF-Canada provides an overview of how to create a sampling design...
Carbon Measurement: Sampling Design Guide This guide by WWF-Canada provides an overview of how to create a sampling design for...
Kelp Nursery Production in B.C. This two-part video series on kelp nursery production in BC demonstrates the technology of harvesting...
Guidebook for Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation A guidebook providing practical frameworks and tools for assessing and...
A Guide to Choosing & Using Community-Based Data Management Systems This guide offers practical information and steps for Northern Indigenous...
OceanTeacher Global Academy The OceanTeacher Global Academy (OTGA) provides a comprehensive internet-based training platform that supports classroom training, blended training,...
Ocean Connect OceanConnect is a free ocean information service providing easy access to current ocean conditions and forecasts covering the...
Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool A standardized assessment tool used to track progress in protected area management effectiveness over time. METT...
Kelp Forest Alliance: Data & Community Platform The Kelp Forest Alliance Data and Community Platform is a home for anyone...
Blue Carbon Academy The Blue Carbon Academy is a free online platform produced by Fair Carbon to de-risk early-stage blue...
People, Place, and the Ocean: Podcast This show is bringing the Gros Morne Community-led Marine Atlas to life. Get ready...
World Database on Protected Areas The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is a global database of marine and terrestrial...
Working with Indigenous Knowledge & Indigenous Knowledge Holders This guidance document offers practical, place-based teachings for non-Indigenous researchers, decision-makers, proponents,...
3Rs: Wildlife Research Method Finder The 3Rs Wildlife Research Method Finder is an interactive, filterable decision-support tool that guides wildlife...
3Rs: Examples of Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement The 3Rs Wildlife Research Study Library is a curated collection of peer-reviewed studies...
3Rs: Principles in Wildlife Research The 3Rs Wildlife Research Case Studies series is a growing collection of short video case...
The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp The Mysterious World of Bull Kelp is an illustrated, science-grounded webstory produced by Above/Below....
Surfacing Secrets Podcast Ocean data from ONC observatories is helping to unlock the secrets of the deep and bring them...
SeaSketch: Platform for Marine Spatial Planning SeaSketch puts powerful tools into the hands of ocean planners, stakeholders, and the public....
Review of Kelp Restoration Methodologies This 2025 technical report by Karen Leask, produced for the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Greening the...
Pacific Northwest Regional Blue Carbon Calculator Funded through the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), the Pacific Northwest Regional Blue Carbon...
Ocean School Ocean School is a free, bilingual environmental and ocean education platform for Grades 5–12, created by the National...
Ocean Biodiversity Information System The Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) is a global open-access data and information clearing-house on marine...
NBS Comics: Nature to Save the World NBS Comics is an interdisciplinary project that works together with artists, scientists, and...
MaPP Training Videos A series of instructional training videos developed by the Marine Plan Partnership (MaPP) to support canopy kelp...
Protected and Conserved Area Effectiveness (GD-PAME) The Global Database on Protected and Conserved Area Effectiveness (GD-PAME) is the world’s largest...
CIOOS Data Catalogue The Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS) data catalogue is built on the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network...
COAST Talks: Podcast A podcast series hosted by the Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST) featuring interviews and conversations...
Ocean Best Practices The Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS) is a secure, permanent, global repository of ocean research, operations, data...
CIOOS Data Explorer An interactive ocean data discovery and visualization platform that allows users to search, filter, visualize, and download...
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